THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, September 29, 1996 TAG: 9609270215
SECTION: PORTSMOUTH CURRENTS PAGE: 04 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: STAFF REPORT
LENGTH: 52 lines
First Sunday events in Olde Towne Portsmouth on Oct. 6 will include the opening of a military art competition of Fleetweek 1996 at Potrafka Gallery and a special lecture on researching historic homes at the Portsmouth Arts Center.
First Sunday highlights:
David Edwards, a Portsmouth native who is an architectural historian in the Winchester regional office of the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, will speak at 2 p.m. on ``If Buildings Could Speak: Researching Your Historic House.''
Edwards has a bachelor's degree in architectural history from the University of Virginia and has worked with the state since 1978. He will present a brief history of domestic architecture in this region.
He will use slides to illustrate the process of determining the age of a house. He will discuss the use of local and state records to determine age as well as a history of its ownership.
Sponsored by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and the Portsmouth Museums, the lecture is scheduled in conjunction with the city's celebration of the Sesquicentennial of the 1846 Courthouse, which houses the arts center.
The military art competition exhibition, sponsored by the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce, will open at the Potrafka Gallery, 600 Washington St., with a reception from 1 to 5 p.m. The competition is open to all active-duty military personnel in South Hampton Roads.
A pottery show by the Ceramic Designers Association also will open at the Potrafka Gallery at the same time.
In addition, Alfred Dolenzal will be at the gallery to discuss an exhibit of his metaphysically inspired oil paintings, ``Triumph Over Adversity.''
At Olde Towne Gallery, corner of High and Court streets, the Oriental brush work of Nancy Cockman will be displayed. Cockman, now a resident of Portsmouth, studied at the International Art School and the University of Hong Kong, where earlier this year she exhibited her paintings. Nancy and her husband, Michael Cockman, will be honored at a First Sunday reception at the gallery from 2 to p.m.
Also open for First Sunday will be the Art Atrium and Anderson-Wright Antiques and Interiors in the 600 block of High St.
The galleries of the Tidewater Community College Visual Arts Center at the corner of High and Court streets currently are exhibiting paintings by well-known Portsmouth artist Charles Sibley. The show, called ``First Class,'' also includes clay pieces by Marlene Jack, who teaches at the College of William Mary, and five neon creations by Ken Daley, a teacher at Old Dominion University. ILLUSTRATION: Photo
Architectural historian David Edwards will speak on ``If Buildings
Could Speak: Researching Your Historic House'' on Oct. 6. by CNB